Memories Return: Journal-World Editor In Washington
Senior Editor Bill Snead writes from Virginia and Washington on leave, recounting his time at the Washington Post and Washingtonpost.com. He recalls the newsroom scale, the epic teen shopping project, and his lead front-page photo, noting shifts in web and print timing and the Post’s online expansion.
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Hollister
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Times
Joe Elbert
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Joe
Capitol Building
Capitol
New York
A Perfect Father's Day Reflections From Dads and Granddads
Dads and granddads share a simple ideal for Father's Day with family centered moments. A typical answer features a big home cooked breakfast church attendance and a family fishing outing filled with laughter and joy as kids and grandkids participate.
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Ron Baughman Lawrence
Scott Huffman
Lawrence
Fathers and education beyond the classroom
A reflective essay argues that education includes experiences and balance, not only grades. It cites figures from Einstein to Didion, urging fathers to model accountability, honesty, and courage. Stories and teamwork are highlighted as tools for nurturing capable, independent children.
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Epicurus
Joan Didion
Carlisle Indians football and the making of a myth
Jenkins surveys Carlisle's history from Richard Henry Pratt to the football rise and the double wing. She ties Jim Thorpe and the era to broader debates on amateurism and federal policy. The book frames Carlisle's innovation against a push toward assimilation and racism.
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Glover
Jenkins
Carlisle
Richard Henry Pratt
Sarlisle
Pratt
Carlisle Indians
America
John Sayle Watterson
Mes Madison University
Harsonburg
Theodore Rosevelt
Atterson
Sports Illustrated
Warner
Army
Jim Thorpe
Thorpe
NCAA
Burke’s Katrina tale shines in James Lee Burke collection
James Lee Burke’s new short story collection includes Katrina pieces that reveal his best prose and vivid imagery. The standout “Jesus Out to Sea” pairs with Jimmy Thackery’s elegiac lyrics to offer spiritual solace amid horror. Strong, lyrical writing centers on ordinary people facing evil and endurance in New Orleans after the flood.
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James Lee Burke
Jimmy Thackery
Simon & Schuster
Burke
Pop Thackery
Thackery
New Orleans
Katrina
Bugsy Siegel
Poet's Showcase Soldiers' Chests
A young man pictured with a torso like armor displays a target chest and rifle, hinting at violence. A Baghdad correspondent recalls a new father killed, describing the tenderness of his last moments with his son and the peril of gentleness in war.
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Baghdad
Best Sellers Spotlight Six New Titles
Best sellers list highlights six novels with authors Khaled Hosseini Michael Connelly Dean Koontz Mitch Albom James Patterson Maxine Paetro and John Sandford. Highlights include wartime Afghanistan friendship, a murdered physicist, mistaken identity murder plot, reconnection with a dead mother, child disappearances in San Francisco, and elderly resident killings tied to a political scandal.
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Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead
Afghanistan
Michael Connelly
Little, Brown
Los Angeles
Harry Bosch
FBI
Homeland Security
Dean Koontz
Bantam
Mitch Albom
Hyperion
James Patterson
Maxine Paetro
San Francisco
Lindsay Boxer
John Sandford
Putnam
Minneapolis
Lucas Davenport
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